Banjo D-Tuners were made famous with US bluegrass banjo players like Earl Scruggs: he used this bending technique for his particular style of playing, which is why musicians like to call them Scruggs tuners.
The use of these tuners is not only limited to banjos. Guitarists like Clarence White, Marty Stuart or Mikes Dawes used or still use D-tuners on their electric and acoustic guitars.
Concept and features:
00:00 introduction: 5-String Banjo equipped with a set of Schaller Banjo B4 D-Tuner
00:26 function and use for bending
00:50 tuning machine with inbuilt stops for two different tunings on one string
01:08 detuning demonstration, Open G (Bluegrass) tuning
01:38 alter the pitch: thin axis tuner for half tone, thick axis for whole tone
02:32 setting the two stops for a half tone detuning on the thumbwheel screws
03:16 setting the two stops for a whole tone detuning
03:42 two modes: self-returning-mechanism or keeping the selected position
04:09 demonstration of the D-Tuner on a Recording King 5-String banjo
Unfortunately, this product is no longer available. Here you can find more banjo machine heads in our webshop:
Schaller Banjo B4 for 4-String Banjo: schaller.info/en/machine-head...
Schaller Banjo B5 for 5-String Banjo: schaller.info/en/machine-head...
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Credits:
Video production, narration, acoustic guitar and bass playing: Peter Schilmöller, www.peterschilmoller.com
Banjo playing: Raymond Nijenhuis, guitarray.nl
Banjo and technical support: on loan from Martin Hense, Martin´s Musik-Kiste, www.martinsmusikkiste.eu
13 авг 2024
